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Inherent in most engineered products is a measure of margin -defined as the amount a product exceeds its functional performance requirements. Often original design and functional performance knowledge is not adequately documented making later uncertainty quantification and margin estimation difficult. This often leads engineers to rely on cultural lore, institutional practices, and product assessments relative to nominal conditions and tolerances to measure quality. Design intent, requirements, and their relationship with a product’s intended function often gets lost. The Engineering Index was developed to assess the goodness or quality of a product relative to the margin in the performance requirements.
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Dolin, R.M., Booker, J.M., Faust, C.L., Hamada, M.S., Reardon, B.J. (2004). Engineering Index. In: Borg, J.C., Farrugia, P.J., Camilleri, K.P. (eds) Knowledge Intensive Design Technology. KIC 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 136. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35708-9_7
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